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THURSDAY. JAN. 27 €D m Chicago Journal 10:45 PM €D MOVIE: Now Voyager' A sheltered spinster is brought out of her shell with the help of a psychiatrist and a romantic en­ counter. Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains. 1943. 11:00PM O Hatkraii Five-O O Last Word Q (23) Quincy GD 6E) (3) San ford and Son CB Odd Couple CD Cable Health World Report 10 © MOVIE: 'Superman H' © MOVIE: 'Suzanne' A young woman is caught between two lovers. Jennifer Dale, Winston Rekert, Go- bnel Arcand. © Tonight Show Guest host Joan MEDIA MONITOR By STEVE K. WALZ Offbeat Poston in with 'inn' < Since the early days of TV, veteran actor and comedian Tom Poston has been a fixture on the tube. He's starred in a wide range of shows -- from the "Steve Allen Show," to "To Tell the Truth" panel show to "Mork and Mindy." This year, he's fea­ tured on CBS' sitcom, "Newhart." Poston portrays George, an employee oLjthe Ver­ mont inn <$?Tby Bob Newhart and his wife. He says of Newhart: "He is adorable and endearing. Some people think he's bumbling, but I think he is just a man who is in his own world... someone who thinks parallel to everyone else." . *, Poston also relishes working with Newhart. "You can see his mind at work on the show," says Poston. "With Bob, suggestions are welcome, but that does* not mean they are all/ accepted with open armsv^0 We don't have a license to interrupt what's going on by pitching random ideas, but he lets us inject things that are creative. And, I'm a live audience performer, which. I love (the show is taped in front of a live audi­ ence at CBS). "I guess the biggest dif­ ference in TV over the years is that there is no more live TV," says Poston. "Live TV had more pres­ sure than today's filmed or taped shows. Back then we felt as if we were pioneering Tom Poston TV by doing something different. TV has hardly broken new ground in that respect. "I still think live variety TV could work today. Per­ haps they should let a piece of scenery fall down. It puts the blood back into the show. Steve Allen was the best at covering up mistakes and the results were hilarious. I used to cry, he was so funny." Because of his roles on "Steve Allen" and "Mork and Mindy," Poston him­ self- has been typed as an offbeat character. "I have heard people in the business who say they are looking for actors who are Tom Poston-types, but I don't really know what that might be," he says. "Actually, I started out as a classical actor but there were so few jobs in classical acting that I turned to comedy. It was easy to fmdowork in come­ dy. It's the^best way an actor can make a living." (c) 1983 Compulog Rivers is joined by Valerie Perrine and James Coco. (60 min.) €D (3® Chicago Journal €B Sign Off 11:30PM e MOVIE: 'McCloud: Bonnie and McCloud' McCloud's romance ends in disaster when his girlfriend kills a truck driver. Dennis Weaver, Leigh Taylor-Young, Vic Tayback. 1976. Q ffi Late Night with David Letterman David is joined by Ted Nugent and Terry Gilliam and Gra­ ham Chapman of the Monty Python Troupe. (R) (60 min.) a MOVIE: 'S«a Chase' Adven­ ture, drama and romancg takerplace PAGE 19 on an outlaw ship. John Wayne, Lana Turner. Tab Hunter 1955. CD dD All In the Family © ffl (3® Business CB laverne & Shirley & Co. CD Nightline CD Reader's Digest . © (26) Despedida (Sit) ESPN SportsCenter 00 (38) Jim Bakker © (18) Night Gallery 60 You Asked For It 12:00 AM O MOVIE: Fools' An aging movie actor who is trying to [ Soap Beat ] Survey finds soaps are popular campus habit By Connie Passalacqua College fads, like goldfish swallowing in the 1930s and streaking in the 1970s, may be somewhat silly or, like Vietnam War protest rallies in the 1960s, may be overly serious. But profitable is the right word to describe the col­ lege fad of the '80s -- soap opera watching. No network knows this better or exploits it more than ABC, which sponsored a study last spring of student soap opera watching hab­ its at 11 major universities around the country. More than 1,000 stu­ dents responded to a spe-. cial questionnaire made up by the ABC Research Unit. A staggering 70 percent of the respondents claimed to watch ABC's "General Hospital" at least once a week. ABC's "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" followed "GH" in col­ lege popularity. ABC found that the rea­ sons the students prefer their brand of soaps over the other networks are because they are "the most interesting and involv­ ing" and "the most likely to try new things." More than three years ago ABC started an increased focus on story­ lines featuring young people College students can. for example, better relate the problems of Kim Delaney "AMC's" college student sweethearts Jenny and Greg (Kim Delaney and L a u r e n c e L a u ) , o r "OLTL's" teen heartthrobs Cassie and Gary (Cusi Cram and Jeff Fahey) than the middle-aged lo^e teams such as Bob and Miranda (Don Hastings and Elaine Pnnci) on CBS's "As The World Turns" or Rachel and Mac (Victoria Wynd- ham and Doug Watson) on NBC's "Another World." The survey also found that college soap opera watchers are also active people Sixty percent are successful in reaching their goals. Sixty-nine percent said they often participate in games, sports and other activities It seems that soap opera watching is much better for the health of college stu­ dents than goldfish swal­ lowing 1983 Compulog